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The History of Irish Cinema from 1909 to the Present Day |
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| 1909 | ||||
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| 20/12 - | The country’s first cinema, The Volta Picture Theatre opens in a disused warehouse in Mary Street in Dublin. It is managed by James Joyce and backed by a group of Italians. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1910 | ||||
| Aug - | – The US film company Kalem produce The Lad from Old Ireland, the country’s first fiction film, and the first US film made overseas. [MORE] | |||
| 1915 | ||||
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| Fun at Finglas Fair (F. J. McCormick) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1918 | ||||
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| Knocknagow (Fred O’Donovan) (Feature) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Willy Reilly and his Colleen Bawn (John McDonagh) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
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– The Irish Film Society is founded in Dublin. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1958 | ||||
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– The Ardmore Studios open at Bray, near Dublin. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1981 | ||||
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The Cinematograph Act 1909 is repealed by the Fire Service Act. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1983 | ||||
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The Outcasts (Robert Wynne-Simmons) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1984 | ||||
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Anne Devlin (Pat Murphy) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Pigs (Cathal Black) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2009 | ||||
| 16/2 - |
Laura Hastings-Smith and Robin Gutch’s Hunger wins seven awards at the 2009 Irish Film & Television Awards. [MORE] |
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| 26/5 - | Ken Wardrop's documentary film His and Hers, wins the 2009 Screen Director's Guild of Ireland's Director's Finders Series award. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 16/7 - |
A group appointed by the Government to find areas where public service costs can be cut recommends scrapping the Irish film Board (IFB) [MORE] |
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| 10/12 - | The Irish Film Board’s immediate survival is assured following a major review of public spending, but its budget is cut by 5% to 19.3million Euros. [MORE] | |||
| 2010 | ||||
| 1/1 - | Michael Dwyer, regarded by many as the most influential Irish film critic of his generation, dies at the age of 58. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 21/2 - | Conor McPherson's horror film The Eclipse wins Best Film at the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards [MORE] | |||